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Publication details [#35180]

Watson-Gegeo, Karen Ann and David Welchman Gegeo. 1991. The impact of a church affiliation on language use in Kwara'ae (Solomon Islands). Language in Society 20 (4) : 533–555.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse analysis | ethnography of speaking | language attitude | language change | religion

Language as a subject

Kwara'ae

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0047-4045

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper explores the influence of Christian church affiliation on the Solomon Islands, on language use, identity and language change among the Kwara'ae, given the association of specific churches with development and modernization and the competition for converts.